Using technology in the21st century

Using Technology in the 21st Century

Ms. Terri D. SellersEDT 574

It feels like this sometimes…

Check-Up: Are you ready? Are your students ready?

• Can your students think critically?• Do your students know how to collaborate

academically and creatively?• Are your students outgoing and take initiative?• Are your students able to work independently

to complete?

Get motivated and moving…

• There is not just one way to use technology in the classroom. There are several different mediums, resources, and tools to be successful in the 21st Century.

• Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is most important.” - Bill Gates

• Bill Gates founder of Microsoft

The only risk is not trying…

• Teaching in the Internet age means we must teach tomorrow’s skills today.” – Jennifer Fleming

• “There can be infinite uses of the computer and of new age technology, but if teachers themselves are not able to bring it into the classroom and make it work, then it fails.” - Nancy Kassebaum

Students win when you use technology

• “We need technology in every classroom and in every student and teacher’s hand, because it is the pen and paper of our time, and it is the lens through which we experience much of our world.” – David Warlick

Technology is the missing link…

What You Might See in a Technology Integrated Classroom• Teacher in small group or one-on-one discussions• Teacher modeling the use of technology to

create, collaborate, locate, evaluate, and communicate information

• Teacher modeling of, and instruction in, discourse (thanks to Brad for clarity)

• Content rich explorations and activity, conducted by students

• Content rich discussions among students

What You Might See in a Technology Integrated Classroom

• Technology in the hands of students and the teacher

• Collaboration, with others in the room, the building, or globally

• Students creating• Creations for larger and authentic audiences• Students doing different things in the same

room at the same time

Students win….when we use technology